Hunslet R.L.F.C. Hunslet R.L.F.C. For the original club founded in 1883 and dissolved in 1973, see Hunslet F.C. (rugby league) . Hunslet R.L.F.C. Hunslet Rugby League Football Club Nickname(s) League 1 Hunslet R.L.F.C. is a professional rugby league club in Hunslet , Leeds , West Yorkshire, England, which plays in Championship One . Founded in 1973 as New Hunslet, a replacement for the original Hunslet F.C. , they became Hunslet in 1979 and played as Hunslet Hawks between 1995 and 2016. Contents History 1973-1996: New club In July 1973, the original Hunslet club was wound up because no suitable new location could be found that was financially viable. The £300,000 proceeds of the sale of Parkside were distributed to shareholders.

Due to the efforts of their former Great Britain forward Geoff Gunney (MBE) , local businessmen and supporters the club managed to reform as New Hunslet for the 1973–74 season and moved to the Leeds Greyhound Stadium and erected iron American football posts. The resurrected club had a new badge depicting a rising phoenix to symbolise their rebirth. In 1974, New Hunslet adopted green and white as team colours because the traditional myrtle, white and flame colours were still registered to the former Parkside-based club, and they would not release them. The stay at the greyhound stadium was cut short when the owners closed the ground and arranged to demolish everything on the site. In 1978, coach Bill Ramsey put a lot of pressure on the RFL and finally got permission to use the traditional colours. The club reverted to Hunslet for the 1979–80 season. With the closure of the Greyhound stadium, the next ground to host Hunslet was Mount Pleasant , Batley, for two seasons, before Hunslet moved to Leeds United ‘s Elland Road football stadium then owned by Leeds City Council.

After leaving Elland Road, Hunslet had a brief spell at Bramley . On 19 November 1995, the club, now known as Hunslet Hawks, moved to the South Leeds Stadium , only about half a mile from Parkside. On that day, Leigh were the guests at Hunslet’s first home game for twenty-two years. They then narrowly missed out on promotion from Division Two in 1996. [1] Coach Steve Ferres left to join Huddersfield and David Plange took over as player-coach. 1996-2009: Summer era Old crest In 1997 the Hawks played in the first (and last) Challenge Cup Plate Final losing 60-14 to Hull Kingston Rovers . It was the Hawks first appearance at Wembley Stadium since 1965. Also in 1997, the Hawks were promoted to the First Division as champions. [1] In 1999 as a possible merger between Hunslet and Bramley was debated.

[2] In 1999 Hunslet won the Northern Ford Premiership Grand Final against Dewsbury, 12–11, at Headingley. [1] After that game the Hawks were denied entry to Super League by the Rugby Football League who cited a document called Framing the Future as justification. This caused a number of players to leave the club and for the average attendance to fall by more than 1,200 to 800. A link-up with Leeds Rhinos saw Plange go to Headingley as Academy coach. Paul March was the player/coach at Hunslet, joining midway through the 2009 season following the resignation of Graeme Hallas . March guided Hunslet to a 6th-place finish and a play-off spot in Championship 1. Hunslet travelled to Blackpool in the first week of the play-offs winning, 18–21, to set up an elimination semi-final against Oldham in which Hunslet were comfortably beaten, 54–30.

2010-present: Promotions and silverware In 2010 Paul March led Hunslet to their first silverware for over 11 years by securing the Co-operative Championship 1 title, and subsequent survival in 2011. In 2012, Barry Eaton took over as coach. In 2014 Hunslet won the Grand Final after extra time against Oldham, thus gaining promotion to the Championship. Barry Eaton left in late January 2016 to join Leeds Rhinos and was replaced by his assistant coach and former Hunslet Hawks player Matt Bramald. Bramald left the club at the end of the 2016 season having completed his contract. He was replaced by former Hunslet player James Coyle . Hunslet Hawks returned to their original name of Hunslet RLFC for the 2017 season following an overwhelming fan vote in favour of their original name. Fans were then asked to choose between the clubs’ original ‘Rampant Lion’ crest and the ‘Phoenix Rising’ crest adopted by the club in 1973 when the club was reformed.

Fans voted 54% to 46% in favour of the lion. Stadiums 1973-1980: Leeds Greyhound Stadium The new Hunslet clubs first ground was the Elland Road Greyhound Stadium in Beeston after they were told they could not play at Parkside. American football posts were erected to be used as goal posts. 1980-1982: Mount Pleasant In 1982, the greyhound stadium closed and Hunslet were left homeless. There only option was to move out of Leeds and ground share with Batley for two seasons while they searched for a permanent home in Leeds. 1983-1995: Elland Road In 1983, after leaving Batley, Hunslet negotiated a deal with Leeds City Council to play at Leeds United ‘s Elland Road , which the council owned at the time. This was their permanent home ground until they had the opportunity to return to play in Hunslet for the first time since the original Hunslet club had been dissolved.

1995-present: South Leeds Stadium The grandstand at the South Leeds Stadium Hunslet moved into the South Leeds Stadium after it was built in 1995. The stadium is used to host athletics and also has a swimming pool and other facilities the club can use. The stadium has one main stand that accommodates the grounds 5,000 capacity. Past coaches Players earning international caps while at Hunslet Frank Davies won a cap for Wales while at Hunslet in 1978 against England Robert ‘Iain’ Higgins won caps for Scotland while at London Broncos, and Hunslet 1997…2001 1-cap + 1-cap (sub) Charlie Wabo won caps for Papua New Guinea while at Hunslet Michael Mark won caps for Papua New Guinea while at Hunslet Neil Lowe won caps for Scotland while at Hunslet Lee Hanlan won caps for Ireland while at Hunslet Other notable players These players have either; won Challenge Cup , Rugby Football League Championship , Yorkshire Cup , Yorkshire League , have received a Testimonial match , were international representatives before, or after, their time at Hunslet, or are notable outside of rugby league.

Hunslet Hawks - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Hunslet Hawks Wikis Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hunslet Hawks Hunslet Hawks Rugby League Football Club Website Hunslet Hawks is a British professional rugby league club. They are based in Hunslet , to the south of Leeds city centre , West Yorkshire . The club are sometimes known as 'the Parksiders' after their former stadium. Contents Albert Goldthorpe of Hunslet with " All Four Cups " in 1908 Advertisements Early years A special general meeting of the Hunslet Cricket Club was held on the 21st May, 1883, the committee resolved to grant two local teams: Albion and Excelsior the sum of £130 to form the Hunslet Rugby Club based at Woodhouse Hill . The name of the cricket club was also changed to 'Hunslet Cricket and Football Club'.

At the end of that year the Imperial side joined the Hunslet club. The players initially wore blue and white quartered shirts, but this soon changed to their familiar white shirts with chocolate coloured badges. Hunslet announced their arrival the following season by beating Leeds St John's (later to become Leeds RLFC ) in the third round of the Yorkshire Cup . Better fixtures drew larger crowds and as a result the landlord wanted to put up the rent. The search was on for another ground, club officials purchased at little cost 10.25 acres (41,500 m2) of waste land at Hunslet Carr from the Low Moor Iron and Coal Company and had to shift 2,000 tons of rubbish to create what would become Parkside , which they moved to in 1888. The first game at Parkside was played on 11 February, 1888, when they played and beat Mirfield . Just four seasons later Hunslet won their first trophy, the Yorkshire Cup, beating Leeds. In 1895, Hunslet were one of the twenty-one clubs that broke away from the Rugby Football Union , and joined the Northern Union .

Hunslet adopted chocolate and white shirts in the 1890s. 20th century Billy Batten signed for Hunslet as a seventeen-year-old in 1905. In the 1905/06 season Hunslet won the Yorkshire Cup. They were the first club to win All Four Cups , which they did in the 1907/08 season. Powered by a pack known as the Terrible Six, Hunslet were led by Albert Goldthorpe , already in his late thirties but a dominant figure in the early years of the code. Many players left Parkside following this success either being transferred to other clubs or going into retirement. After Batten failed to come to terms with Hunslet in 1912, he was transferred to Hull for the then record sum of £600. In 1921, Harold Buck became the game’s first £1,000 transfer when he moved from Hunslet to Leeds . According to some sources, the deal included a player in part exchange.

In 1924, the club's record attendance was set at 24,700 for a third round Challenge Cup match. In the remaining years up to the 1930s , Hunslet had rather a lean period, until 1932 when they regained the Yorkshire League Trophy and made it to the final of the Yorkshire Cup. In the 1920s, the club played in white shirts, but the players used to steal them for work. Determined to prevent this happening, the club changed to coloured jerseys in 1932. They could not use the Leeds city colours as rivals Leeds wore those, so Hunslet decided to adopt the University of Leeds colours of myrtle white and flame red. Hunslet celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1933/34. The club did this in some style as Hunslet beat Widnes at Wembley Stadium in the Challenge Cup Final . Hunslet reached the RL Championship Final in 1938 meeting their neighbours Leeds in the only all-Leeds final. The match was played at the Elland Road football ground, to accommodate a huge demand from the city’s rugby league supporters.

Over 54,000 people watched the game, a then record for a match in England , Hunslet triumphed 8-2 to take the title for the second time in the club’s history. [1] In the late 1930s the club was doing well and played in front of large crowds, this wave of success was only halted by the Second World War , Hunslet dropped out of the wartime Yorkshire league in 1942/43 but returned to the competition in 1943/44. Post war Hunslet's fanbase went into decline as post-war slum clearances changed what had been a residential area into an industrial one. Hunslet tried to keep the success going but never quite achieved it despite reaching a number of semi-finals and finals. However, Hunslet produced a number of international players as well as a respectable league record. The club always had strength in a supply of local talent mixed with both Welsh and Australian imports. The Parksiders lost the 1956 Yorkshire Cup Final to Wakefield Trinity .

Hunslet lost 44-22 against St Helens in the 1959 Championship Final at Odsal Stadium , Bradford . In the 1960s the club were classic underachievers. Although the players were a group of experienced and talented people they were unable to harness their skills to best effect. This changed when Fred Ward was appointed player-coach at the start of the 1962/63 season. It was decided that the team never looked that imposing in green and a decision was made to go back to white, this time with two chocolate hoops. In his first season, Hunslet won the Second Division Championship and secured a position in the top division as well as winning the 1962 Yorkshire Cup Final over Hull Kingston Rovers . Hunslet lost in the 1965 Yorkshire Cup final against Bradford Northern and that same year reached the semi final of the Challenge Cup. In order to avoid going on black and white television against Wakefield who also wore hoops in the middle of their shirt, the club got a strip with a chocolate V. They won the semi-final and went to Wembley with it, stitching green blazer badges to the shirt.

They lost the final narrowly 20-16 to Wigan . The side were again split up by transfers and retirements. Just two years later in 1967 the dream was over. Ward left the club and with that the club entered free fall. Parkside's stand was burned down by vandals in 1971. Parkside was then sold off to an industrial developer for around £300,000 in 1972. The last game at Parkside was on 21 April, 1973 against York . Parkside was demolished and Hunslet became tenants at the Elland Road Greyhound Stadium. By July 1973, the club had folded. Due to the efforts of their former Great Britain forward Geoff Gunney (MBE) , local businessmen and supporters the club managed to reform as New Hunslet for the 1973/74 season and moved to the Leeds Greyhound Stadium and erected iron American football posts. In 1974, New Hunslet adopted green and white as team colours. The stay at the greyhound stadium was cut short when the owners closed the ground.

The club reverted to New Hunslet for the 1979/80 season. The next ground to host Hunslet was Mount Pleasant, Batley , before Hunslet moved to Leeds United 's Elland Road football stadium then owned by Leeds City Council. After leaving Elland Road, Hunslet had a brief spell at Bramley . The 1990s and onwards The grandstand at the South Leeds Stadium On 19 November, 1995, the club, now known as Hunslet Hawks, moved to the South Leeds Stadium , only about half a mile from Parkside. On that day, Leigh were the guests at Hunslet's first home game for twenty-two years. They then narrowly missed out on promotion from Division Two in 1996. In 1997 the Hawks appeared at Wembley Stadium for the first time since 1965 in the first (and last) Challenge Cup Plate Final but were beaten by Hull Kingston Rovers 60-14. Also in that year, the Hawks were promoted to the First Division as champions. In 1999 as a possible merger between Hunslet and Bramley was debated.

[2] In 1999 Hunslet won the Northern Ford Premiership Grand Final against Dewsbury 12-11 at Headingley. After that game the Hawks were denied entry to Super League by the RFL who cited a document called 'Framing the Future' as justification. This caused a number of players to leave the club and for the average attendance to fall by more than 1,200 to 800.

2009 squad Greame Hallas Players earning International Caps while at Hunslet Eric Batten , for England while at Hunslet 1938 Wales; 1939 France, Wales; 1940 Wales; 1941 Wales; 1943 Wales; while at Bradford : 1944 Wales; 1945 Wales x 2; 1946 France x 2, Wales; 1947 France; 1948 France, for Great Britain while at Bradford 1946 Australia x 2, New Zealand; 1947 New Zealand William "Billy" Batten (#5), for England while at Hunslet 1908 Wales x 2; 1908-09 Australia x 3, Wales; 1910 Wales; 1911-12 Australia x 2; 1912 Wales; 1913 Wales; while at Hull 1921 Wales, Other Nations; 1922 Wales; 1923 Wales, for Great Britain while at Hunslet 1908 New Zealand

; 1908 Australia x 3; 1910 Australia x 2, New Zealand; 1911 Australia x 2; while at Hull 1921 Australia Alfred "Alf" 'Ginger' Burnell [1] , for England while at Hunslet 1950 France; 1951 Wales, France; 1952 Wales, for Great Britain while at Hunslet 1951 New Zealand x 2; 1954 New Zealand, for British Empire XIII while at Hunslet 1945+ ?-caps Hector Crowther , for Great Britain while at Hunslet circa-1930 John "Jack" Evans , for Great Britain while at Hunslet 1951 New Zealand; 1952 Australia x 3 Kenneth "Ken"/"Kenny" Eyre (1965 Challenge Cup Runner-up), for Great Britain while at Hunslet circa-1965 Brian Gabbitas , for Great Britain while at Hunslet circa-1959 Geoffrey "Geoff" Gunney (MBE) (1965 Challenge Cup Runner-up)

 ( Testimonial match 1960) (#12) [3] , for Great Britain while at?

Hunslet 1954 New Zealand x 3; 1956 Australia; 1957 France x 3, France, New Zealand; 1964 France; 1965 France (World Cup 1957 2-caps) John Higson , for Great Britain while at Hunslet circa-1909 Albert Jenkinson , for England while at Hunslet 1911 Australia; 1912 Wales; 1913 Wales, for Great Britain while at Hunslet 1911-12 Australia x 2 William "Bill" Jukes (#11), for England while at Hunslet 1908 Wales; 1909 Australia x 3, Wales; 1910 Wales x 2; 1911 Australia x 2, for Great Britain while at Hunslet 1908-09 Australia x 3; 1910 Australia x 2, New Zealand Cyril Morrell , for England while at Hunslet 1938 France, Wales; 1939 France Herbert Place (#1), for England while

 at Hunslet 1909 Wales Bernard Prior , for Great Britain while at Hunslet 1966 France William "Bill" Ramsey , for Great Britain while at Hunslet 1965 New Zealand x 2; 1966 France, Australia x 2, New Zealand x 2; while at Leeds 1974 New Zealand.

Brian Shaw , for Great Britain while at Hunslet 1956 Australia x 2; 1960 France, Australia, France; 1961 France (World Cup 1960 2-caps) Geoffrey "Geoff" Shelton , for Great Britain while at Hunslet circa-1964 Frederick "Fred" Smith (#6), for England while at Hunslet 1909 Wales; 1910 Wales x 2; 1911 Wales, Australia x 2; 1912 Wales Leonard "Len" Smith , for England while at Hunslet 1935 France Samuel "Sam" Smith (#9), for England while at Hunslet 1955 Other Nations; 1956 France , for Great Britain while at Hunslet ?-caps (World Cup 1954 4-caps) Colin Stansfield , for England while at Hunslet 1945 Wales William "Billy" Thornton , for England while at Hunslet 1943 Wales Cec Thompson , for Great Britain while at Hunslet 1951 New Zealand x 2, for

 British Empire XIII while at Hunslet 1952 Wales George Todd , for England while at Hunslet 1935 France, Wales; 1936 Wales John "Jack" Walkington (#1), for England while at Hunslet 1930 Other Nations; 1931 Wales; 1938 Wales; 1944 Wales Leslie "Les" White , for England while at Hunslet 1933 Australia, for Great Britain while at Hunslet 1932 Australia x 3, New Zealand x 2; 1933 Australia x 2 Richard "Dickie" Williams , for Wales while at Leeds 13-caps?, for Great Britain while at Leeds , while at Hunslet, 1948…54 12-caps Harry Wilson , for England while at Hunslet 1906 Other Nations; 1908 New Zealand, for Great Britain while at Hunslet 1908 New Zealand x 3 Other Notable Players Hunslet F.C.

(1883) Hunslet F.C. (1883) Parkside , 1888-1973 Hunslet was a professional rugby league club in Hunslet , West Yorkshire, England, which played in the Rugby Football League from 1895 until being dissolved in 1973. Founded in 1883, before the split between rugby league and rugby union, Hunslet were a strong force in the early years of the Northern Rugby Football Union , winning All Four Cups in 1908. New Hunslet was formed and took Hunslet’s place for the 1973-74 season. Contents History 1883-1900: Foundation and early years A special general meeting of the Hunslet Cricket Club was held on 21 May 1883, the committee resolved to grant two local teams: Albion and Excelsior the sum of £130 to form the Hunslet Rugby Club at Woodhouse Hill . The name of the cricket club was also changed to Hunslet Cricket and Football Club. The players initially wore blue and white quartered shirts.

The new club played their first match on 6 October 1883, beating Hull “A”. In December, another side, Imperial, amalgamated with them. In 1884, Hunslet entered the Yorkshire Cup. They also changed their strip to chocolate and white, and built a stand. Hunslet announced their arrival the following season by beating Leeds St John’s (later to become Leeds RLFC ) in the third round of the Yorkshire Cup . Better fixtures drew larger crowds and as a result the landlord wanted to put up the rent. The search was on for another ground, club officials purchased at little cost 10.25 acres (41,500 m2) of waste land at Hunslet Carr from the Low Moor Iron and Coal Company and had to shift 2,000 tons of rubbish to create what would become Parkside , which they moved to in 1888. The first game at Parkside was played on 11 February 1888, when they played and beat Mirfield. Just four seasons later Hunslet won their first trophy, the Yorkshire Cup, beating Leeds.

The city of Leeds had an abundance of rugby football clubs and although members of the Yorkshire RFU [1] (which was in turn a Constituent Body of the RFU ), it was decided to form a ‘more local’ association. It was for this reason that the Leeds & District organisation was formalised when a meeting took place at the Green Dragon Hotel, Leeds, on 27 September 1888. The foundation clubs were Bramley , Holbeck , Hunslet, Kirkstall, Leeds Parish Church , Leeds St John’s (later to become Leeds), and Wortley. [2] In 1895, Hunslet were one of the twenty-one clubs that broke away from the Rugby Football Union , and joined the Northern Union . In 1897–98 Hunslet became Yorkshire Senior League Champions, and in the following season they reached the final of the Challenge Cup, going down 19–9 to Oldham. 1901-1920: All Four Cups Albert Goldthorpe of Hunslet with “ All Four Cups “ in 1908 Billy Batten signed for Hunslet as a 17-year-old in 1905.

In the 1905–06 Northern Rugby Football Union season , Hunslet won the first ever Yorkshire Cup , beating Halifax, 13–3. They were the first club to win All Four Cups , which they did in the 1907–08 season. [3] Oldham had finished as league leaders but Hunslet beat them 12-2 in the Championship Final following an initial 7-7 draw. They changed their colours to chocolate and white after this feat. Powered by a pack known as the Terrible Six, Hunslet were led by Albert Goldthorpe , already in his late thirties but a dominant figure in the early years of the code. Many players left Parkside following this success either being transferred to other clubs or going into retirement. After a dispute about pay, Billy Batten was transferred to Hull in 1912. He was transferred to Hull for the then record sum of £600. In 1921, Harold Buck became the game’s first £1,000 transfer when he moved from Hunslet to Leeds . According to some sources, the deal included a player in part exchange.

1920-1950 Soon after the First World War Hunslet were at their lowest ever position in the league. In 1924, the club’s record attendance was set at 24,700 for a third round Challenge Cup match. In 1927, Jack Walkington started a career as player until 1946 then as coach to 1960. In 1927–28 Harry Beverley, Les White, Jim Traill and Billy Thornton joined and prospects improved when they finished 4th in the league that season. In the remaining years up to the 1930s, Hunslet had rather a lean period, until 1932 when they regained the Yorkshire League Trophy and made it to the final of the Yorkshire Cup. The 1931–32 season saw them win the Yorkshire League. In the 1920s, the club had played in white jerseys, but the players used to steal them for work. Determined to prevent this happening, the club changed to coloured jerseys in 1932.

They could not use the Leeds city colours as rivals Leeds wore those, so Hunslet decided to adopt the University of Leeds colours of myrtle, white and flame-red having been given new kit by the university. Hunslet celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1933–34. The club did this in some style, beating Widnes at Wembley Stadium in the Challenge Cup Final. They were given a civic reception back in Leeds and toured with the cup. Hunslet reached the RL Championship Final in 1938 meeting their neighbours Leeds in the only all-Leeds final. The match was played at the Elland Road football ground, to accommodate a huge demand from the city’s rugby league supporters. Over 54,000 people watched the game, a then record for a match in England, Hunslet triumphed, 8–2, to take the title for the second time in the club’s history. [1] In the late 1930s the club was doing well and played in front of large crowds. This wave of success was only halted by the Second World War .

Hunslet dropped out of the wartime Yorkshire league in 1942–43 but returned to the competition in 1943–44. Post-war Hunslet stopped being a multi-sport members club with sections for bowls, cricket, athletics, social events, and other smaller sections in 1951 and became a limited company. The new status as rugby league club saw a decline in Parkside being used by other sports and other members of the community. The Parksiders lost the 1956 Yorkshire Cup Final to Wakefield Trinity . Hunslet lost, 44–22, against St Helens in the 1959 Championship Final at Odsal Stadium , Bradford . In the late 1950s, Hunslet’s fanbase went into decline as post-war slum clearances changed what had been a residential area into an industrial one. Despite this, in 1958, they paid £2,000 for Horace Grainger, making him the most expensive rugby league player of the era.

[2] The team’s performances began to decline, reaching a low point in 1961–62 when they finished 25th and were relegated to the new second division. However, player-coach Fred Ward resurrected the team when he joined Hunslet at the start of the 1962–63 season. It was decided that the team never looked that imposing in green and a decision was made to go back to white, this time with two chocolate hoops. In his first season, Hunslet won the Second Division Championship and secured a position in the top division as well as winning the 1962 Yorkshire Cup Final over Hull Kingston Rovers . Hunslet lost in the 1965 Yorkshire Cup final against Bradford Northern and that same year reached the semi-final of the Challenge Cup. To avoid going on black and white television against Wakefield Trinity, who also wore hoops in the middle of their jerseys, the club got a strip with a chocolate V. They won the semi-final and went to Wembley with it, stitching green blazer badges to the jerseys. They lost the final narrowly, 20–16, to Wigan .

The side were again split up by transfers and retirements. Just two years later in 1967 the dream was over. Attendances continued to decline partly because of further slum clearances and factory closures. The last four home games of 1969–70 attracted attendances of less than 1,000 each. Ward left the club and with that the club entered free fall. 1970-1973: Disbandment On the eve of the 1970–71 season the players were told they were going to have their wages cut, and because they had not had a rise for eight years they went on strike. Under threat of the club being closed the players eventually backed down. However, after one game they again went on strike. Players retired or went on the transfer list and the team dropped down the league. Parkside’s stand was burned down by vandals in 1971. Parkside was then sold off to an industrial developer for around £300,000 in 1972. The last game at Parkside was on 21 April 1973 against York .

Parkside was demolished and Hunslet became tenants at the Elland Road Greyhound Stadium. In July 1973 the club announced the winding-up of Hunslet RLFC because no suitable new location could be found that was financially viable. The £300,000 proceeds of the sale of Parkside were distributed to shareholders.

Players earning international caps while at Hunslet Eric Batten won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1938 Wales, in 1939 France, Wales, in 1940 Wales, in 1941 Wales, in 1943 Wales, while at Bradford : in 1944 Wales, in 1945 Wales (2 matches), in 1946 France (2 matches), Wales, in 1947 France, in 1948 France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Bradford in 1946 Australia (2 matches), New Zealand, in 1947 New Zealand William “Billy” Batten won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1908 Wales (2 matches), in 1908–09 Australia (3 matches), Wales, in 1910 Wales, in 1911–12 Australia (2 matches), in 1912 Wales, in 1913 Wales, while at Hull in 1921 Wales, Other Nationalities, in 1922 Wales, in 1923 Wales

, and won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1908 New Zealand, in 1908 Australia (3 matches), in 1910 Australia (2 matches), New Zealand, in 1911 Australia (2 matches), while at Hull in 1921 Australia Harry Beverley won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1935 against Wales, in 1936 against France, in 1937 against France, in 1938 against Wales, and France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1936 against Australia (3 matches), in 1937 against Australia, and while at Halifax in 1937 against Australia (2 matches).

Bill Brookes won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1905 against Other Nationalities, and in 1906 against Other Nationalities.

Alfred “Alf” ‘Ginger’ Burnell won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1950 France, in 1951 Wales, France, in 1952 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1951 New Zealand (2 matches), in 1954 New Zealand won caps for British Empire XIII while at Hunslet in 1945+ ?-caps Arthur Clues won caps for Australia while at Wests , and won caps for Other Nationalities while at Leeds, and Hunslet Hector Crowther a won cap for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1930 against Australia John “Jack” Evans won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1951 New Zealand, in 1952 Australia (3 matches) Kenneth “Ken”/”Kenny” Eyre (1965 Challenge Cup Runner-up) won a cap for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1965 against New Zealand Brian Gabbitas won a cap for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1959 against France Geoffrey “Geoff” Gunney (MB

E) (1965 Challenge Cup Runner-up) won caps for Great Britain while at?

Hunslet in 1954 New Zealand (3 matches), in 1956 Australia, in 1957 France (3 matches), France, New Zealand, in 1964 France, in 1965 France (World Cup in 1957 2-caps) Tyssul “Tuss” Griffiths won caps Wales while at Hunslet, and Doncaster in 1946…1951 2-caps Dennis Hartley won a cap for England while at Castleford in 1968 against Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1964 against France (2 matches), while at Castleford in 1968 against France, in 1969 against France, in 1970 against Australia (2 matches), New Zealand (2 matches), and in the 1970 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, France and Australia Robert ‘Iain’ Higgins won caps for Scotland while at London Broncos, and Hunslet 1997…2001 1-cap + 1-cap (sub) John Higson won caps for Great Britain while at

 Hunslet in 1908 against Australia, and in 1909 against Australia Granville James won caps for Wales while at Hunslet in 1950…1953 5-caps David “Dai” Jenkins won caps for Wales while at Hunslet in 1927…1932 4-caps Albert Jenkinson won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1911 Australia, in 1912 Wales, in 1913 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1911–12 Australia (2 matches) Bill Jukes won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1908 Wales, in 1909 Australia (3 matches), Wales, in 1910 Wales (2 matches), in 1911 Australia (2 matches), and won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1908–09 Australia (3 matches), in 1910 Australia (2 matches), New Zealand Phillip “Phil” Morgan won caps for Wales while at Hunslet in 1969 against France, England

, and France, and in 1970 against France, and England, in 1969…1970 4-caps + 1 (sub) Cyril Morrell won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1938 France, Wales, in 1939 France Oliver Morris won caps for Wales while at Hunslet, and Leeds in 1938…1941 5-caps Herbert Place won a cap for England while at Hunslet in 1909 Wales Bernard Prior won a cap for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1966 France Bill Ramsey (1965 Challenge Cup Runner-up?) won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1965 New Zealand (2 matches), in 1966 France, Australia (2 matches), New Zealand (2 matches), while at Leeds in 1974 New Zealand.

Charles “Charlie” Sage won caps for Wales while at Hunslet in 1925 against England (2-matches) Brian Shaw won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1956 Australia (2 matches), in 1960 France, Australia, France, in 1961 France (World Cup in 1960 2-caps) Geoffrey “Geoff” Shelton won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1964 against France (2 matches), in 1965 against New Zealand (3 matches), and in 1966 against Australia (2 matches) Frederick “Fred” Smith won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1909 Wales, in 1910 Wales (2 matches), in 1911 Wales, Australia (2 matches), in 1912 Wales Leonard “Len” Smith won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1935 France Samuel “Sam” Smith won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1955 Other Nationalities, in 1956 France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet ?

-caps (World Cup in 1954 4-caps) Colin Stansfield won a cap for England while at Hunslet in 1945 Wales William “Billy” Thornton won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1943 Wales Cec Thompson won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1951 New Zealand (2 matches) won caps for British Empire XIII while at Hunslet in 1952 Wales George Todd won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1935 France, Wales, in 1936 Wales Charlie Wabo won caps for Papua New Guinea while at Hunslet John “Jack” Walkington won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1930 Other Nationalities, in 1931 Wales, in 1938 Wales, in 1944 Wales Leslie “Les” White won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1933 Australia, and won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1932 Australia (3 matches), New Zealand (2 matches), in 1933 Australia (2 matches) Clifford “Cliff”

 Williams won a cap for Wales while at Hunslet in 1970 1-cap Leslie “Les” Williams won caps for Wales (RU) while at Llanelli RFC in 1947 against England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, and while at Cardiff RFC in 1947 against Australia, in 1948 against Ireland, and in 1949 against England, and won caps for Wales (RL) while at Hunslet 1949…1953 15-caps Richard “Dickie” Williams won caps for Wales while at Leeds 13-caps?, and won caps for Great Britain while at Leeds , while at Hunslet, in 1948…54 12-caps Harry Wilson won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1906 Other Nationalities, in 1908 New Zealand, and won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1908 New Zealand (3 matches) Neil Lowe won caps for Scotland while at Hunslet Lee Hanlan won caps for Ireland while at Hunslet Other notable players These players have either; won Challenge Cup , Rugby Football League Championship

 , Yorkshire Cup , Yorkshire League , have received a Testimonial match , were international representatives before, or after, their time at Hunslet, or are notable outside of rugby league.

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Question: The Rugby League club Hunslet is based in which city?
Answer: LEEDS